1. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression
from it to the full product?
I think that I have improved a lot from my preliminary
task to my final task. I have learnt a lot more about what
is expected when you are making a magazine and the
codes and conventions of real magazines. I also have
learnt a lot about how to use the software quark and
Photoshop so I know how to make my magazine look
more professional.

2. In my preliminary task, for
example, I put words so they
were across the faces of the
people in the image and the
colour scheme did not work
well because it was hard to
read the writing, were as
when I created my music
magazine I learnt how to
have colour schemes that
worked together, and that
less is more when it comes
to making the magazine.

3. By looking at professional magazines I
realised what style I wanted my
magazine to have and could try to
interpret this into my
magazine, rather than in my
preliminary task when I did not really
have a real style. I think both my skills
and my knowledge of magazines have
improved during the course of
creating both of my media
pieces, and that I can now use the
software more effectively.

4. In my preliminary task the bar code on the magazine looks extremely
unprofessional and the text used to show the issue number and date was far too
large. I think that on my second piece it looks a lot more professional.

5. The use of banner and boxes in my second piece is a lot more effective and helps the overall
look of the magazine, whereas in my first piece they were random and looked messy. The
cutting out on my main image was a lot neater on my second piece, which is probably due
to time. I had a lot more time to construct my second piece than I did our first which meant
that I had more time to be specific about cutting out. On my first piece I only used one font
and it did not make my magazine look very professional, because normally there is different
fonts for headings and subheadings, and on my second piece I used different fonts which
helped a lot.